embroil

[US]/ɪmˈbrɔɪl/
[UK]/ɪmˈbrɔɪl/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. involvere i en konflikt eller vanskelighed; kaste i uorden
Word Forms
Present Participleembroiling
Past Tenseembroiled
Third Person Singularembroils
Past Participleembroiled
Pluralembroils

Phrases & Collocations

embroil in controversy

indblandet i kontroverser

embroil in conflict

indblandet i konflikt

Example Sentences

be embroiled in a quarrel

at blive viklet ind i en skænderi

They embroiled Peter in their quarrel.

De trak Peter ind i deres skænderi.

she became embroiled in a dispute between two women she hardly knew.

Hun blev viklet ind i en tvist mellem to kvinder, hun knap nok kendte.

the film's about a journalist who becomes embroiled with a nightclub owner.

Filmen handler om en journalist, der bliver viklet ind med en natklubejer.

the history of science has become embroiled in religious polemics.

Videnskabens historie er blevet viklet ind i religiøse polemikker.

I didn't want to become embroiled in yet another discussion of office politics and personalities.

Jeg havde ikke lyst til at blive viklet ind i endnu en diskussion om kontorpolitik og personligheder.

They become embroiled in a despicable warlord's efforts to bring the Dragon Emperor (Jet Li) back to life so he can reawaken his army and unify China.

De bliver involveret i en forkastelig krigsherres forsøg på at bringe Dragekejseren (Jet Li) tilbage til live, så han kan genvække sin hær og forene Kina.

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